Tau oligomers impair memory and induce synaptic and mitochondrial dysfunction in wild-type mice by Jackson George R, Clos Audra L, Sengupta Urmi, Castillo-Carranza Diana L, Lasagna-Reeves Cristian A, Kayed Rakez

“…Tau oligomers impaired memory consolidation, whereas tau fibrils and monomers did not. …”
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LTP and memory impairment caused by extracellular Aβ and Tau oligomers is APP-dependent by Daniela Puzzo, Roberto Piacentini, Mauro Fá, Walter Gulisano, Domenica D Li Puma, Agnes Staniszewski, Hong Zhang, Maria Rosaria Tropea, Sara Cocco, Agostino Palmeri, Paul Fraser, Luciano D'Adamio, Claudio Grassi, Ottavio Arancio

“…The concurrent application of subtoxic doses of soluble oligomeric forms of human amyloid-beta (oAβ) and Tau (oTau) proteins impairs memory and its electrophysiological surrogate long-term potentiation (LTP), effects that may be mediated by intra-neuronal oligomers uptake. …”
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Alpha-synuclein oligomers - neurotoxic molecules in Parkinson’s disease and other Lewy body disorders by Martin Ingelsson

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Microflora dynamics in earthworms casts in an artificial soil (biosynthesol) containing lactic acid oligomers by Alauzet Nathalie, Roussos Sevastianos, Garreau Henri, Vert Michel

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Coordination-Directed Assembly of Luminescent Semiconducting Oligomers and Weak Interaction-Induced Morphology Transformation by Shiyin Zhao, Zhaoyang Ding, Chunfei Wang, Shichao Wang, Shun Li, Zuotai Zhang, Xuanjun Zhang

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Semiconductive 2D arrays of pancake-bonded oligomers of partially charged TCNQ radicals by Krešimir Molčanov, Valentina Milašinović, Biserka Kojić-Prodić, Nadica Maltar-Strmečki, Jiangyang You, Ana Šantić, Lidija Kanižaj, Vladimir Stilinović, Luka Fotović

“…Multicentre bonding within these oligomers is characterized by short interplanar separations of 2.9–3.2 Å; distances between the oligomers are larger, typically >3.3 Å. …”
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Kinetics of Hydrolysis Reaction of Chitin Oligomer by a Chitinase Purified from Bacillus Subtilis by K. Kondo, Y. Hiyama, M. Matsumoto

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Formation of high-order oligomers by a hyperthemostable Fe-superoxide dismutase (tcSOD). by Sha Wang, Zhi-Yang Dong, Yong-Bin Yan

“…The formation of active high-order oligomers not only increases the energy barrier between the native state and unfolded/aggregated state, but also provides the enzyme the ability to reproduce the predominant oligomers from the active high-order oligomers.…”
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SOBA (soluble oligomer binding assay): A breakthrough or the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by Ayesha Sheikh, Sanila Mughal, Rabia Owais, Mishal Shan Siddiqui

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Identification of transmissible proteotoxic oligomer-like fibrils that expand conformational diversity of amyloid assemblies by Phuong Trang Nguyen, Ximena Zottig, Mathew Sebastiao, Alexandre A. Arnold, Isabelle Marcotte, Steve Bourgault

“…Nguyen et al identified cytotoxic amyloid fibrils with oligomer-like characteristics, which were assembled from an islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) derivative containing an Asn-to-Gln substitution (N21Q). …”
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Oligomer Formation by Amyloid-β42 in a Membrane-Mimicking Environment in Alzheimer’s Disease by Terrone L. Rosenberry, Huan-Xiang Zhou, Scott M. Stagg, Anant K. Paravastu

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Extraction of Cyclic Oligomer and Their Influence on Polyester Dyeing in a Silicone Waterless Dyeing System by Hao Li, Liujun Pei, Hongjuan Zhang, Zhiwen Wang, Muhammad Asad Saleem, Omer Kamal Alebeid, Jiping Wang

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Effects of Intra- and Interchain Interactions on Exciton Dynamics of PTB7 Revealed by Model Oligomers by Thomas J. Fauvell, Zhengxu Cai, Matthew S. Kirschner, Waleed Helweh, Pyosang Kim, Tianyue Zheng, Richard D. Schaller, Luping Yu, Lin X. Chen

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Diverse metastable structures formed by small oligomers of α-synuclein probed by force spectroscopy. by Krishna Neupane, Allison Solanki, Iveta Sosova, Miro Belov, Michael T Woodside

“…We developed an assay for characterizing structure, stability, and kinetics of individual oligomers at high resolution and sensitivity using single-molecule force spectroscopy, and applied it to observe the formation of transient structured aggregates within single oligomers of α-synuclein, an intrinsically-disordered protein linked to Parkinson's disease. …”
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ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT STRENGTHENS CORTICOCORTICAL INTERACTIONS AND REDUCES AMYLOID-β OLIGOMERS IN AGED MICE by Marco eMainardi, Angelo eDi Garbo, Matteo eCaleo, Nicoletta eBerardi, Nicoletta eBerardi, Alessandro eSale, Lamberto eMaffei, Lamberto eMaffei

“…In addition, EE reduced brain Aβ oligomers and increased synthesis of the Aβ-degrading enzyme neprilysin. …”
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Mechanistic insight into the impact of a bivalent ligand on the structure and dynamics of a GPCR oligomer by Samman Mansoor, Gülru Kayık, Serdar Durdagi, Ozge Sensoy

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Distinct internalization pathways of human amylin monomers and its cytotoxic oligomers in pancreatic cells. by Saurabh Trikha, Aleksandar M Jeremic

“…Toxic human amylin oligomers and aggregates are implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (TTDM). …”
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Aβ40 oligomers identified as a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. by Carol Man Gao, Alice Y Yam, Xuemei Wang, Erika Magdangal, Cleo Salisbury, David Peretz, Ronald N Zuckermann, Michael D Connolly, Oskar Hansson, Lennart Minthon, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Joseph P Fedynyshyn, Sophie Allauzen

“…Although larger sample populations will be needed to confirm this diagnostic sensitivity, our studies demonstrate a sensitive method of detecting circulating Aβ40 oligomers from AD CSF and suggest that these oligomers could be a powerful new biomarker for the early detection of AD.…”
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Toward Biorecycling: Isolation of a Soil Bacterium That Grows on a Polyurethane Oligomer and Monomer by María José Cárdenas Espinosa, Andrea Colina Blanco, Tabea Schmidgall, Anna Katharina Atanasoff-Kardjalieff, Uwe Kappelmeyer, Dirk Tischler, Dietmar H. Pieper, Hermann J. Heipieper, Christian Eberlein

“…The strain, identified as Pseudomonas sp. by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and membrane fatty acid profile, was able to grow on a PU-diol solution, a polyurethane oligomer, as the sole source of carbon and energy. …”
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Early Effects of Aβ Oligomers on Dendritic Spine Dynamics and Arborization in Hippocampal Neurons by Carolina Ortiz-Sanz, Carolina Ortiz-Sanz, Adhara Gaminde-Blasco, Adhara Gaminde-Blasco, Jorge Valero, Jorge Valero, Lidia Bakota, Roland Brandt, Roland Brandt, Roland Brandt, José L. Zugaza, José L. Zugaza, José L. Zugaza, Carlos Matute, Carlos Matute, Elena Alberdi, Elena Alberdi

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